Elon Musk has some thoughts about Billie Eilish. The billionaire tech personality has been engaged in a back-and-forth with Eilish over the past weeks, kick-started by a video she shared on her Instagram stories.
The video revealed that Musk could soon become the world's first trillionaire. She shared a post featuring some infographics that revealed how his extreme wealth could be redistributed and solve a myriad of problems worldwide, including a five-year plan to end world hunger and to provide clean water to all countries.
Eilish added some sharp comments of her own, calling Musk a "coward" and "pathetic," amongst other words.
Musk shared his replies on a post on X, recapping Eilish's comments. "She's not the sharpest tool in the shed," he wrote.
Eilish's comments at the WSJ Innovator Awards
Earlier this month, Eilish was one of the guests at the WSJ Innovator Awards, where she called out billionaires in her speech. “Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.”
“We’re in a time right now when the world is really, really bad and really dark. People need empathy and help more than ever, especially in our country. I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and maybe give it to some people that need it," she said.
Eilish announced that she'd be donating $11.5 million of the money she made from her "Hit Me Hard and Soft" tour to different charities and organizations, a moment that quickly became viral, with many believing that her comments were targeting some of the most prominent billionaires in America, including Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who was in attendance at the event.
This is only one of Musk's numerous beefs
When it comes to Musk, Eilish isn't his only rival. Over the weekend, he revived his beef with Bill Gates, whom he's long resented ever since he bet against Tesla. On Sunday, Musk wrote: “If Gates hasn’t fully closed out the crazy short position he has held against Tesla for 8 years, he had better do so soon."
According to Fortune, Gates and Musk's rivalry dates back to 2022, when Gates bet against Tesla's stock. The gesture prompted a text from Musk and some "super mean" behavior, according to Walter Isaacson's biography of Musk. During that time, Musk took out his anger on Gates by sharing memes of him, including one that made fun of his weight and placed Gates next to a pregnant person emoji.
Most recently, Musk has also been fighting with Joyce Carol Oates, the renowned author. She wrote on X that Musk seemed "Totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world.'"
Musk, of course, had to fire back. “Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human." He then recommended an audiobook of Homer's "The Odyssey" to his followers.